The Gut Microbiome and Obesity

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  John, George Kunnackal ^a   Mullin, Gerard E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroidetes; Diet; Firmicutes; Microbial balance; Microbiome; Microbiota; Obesity; Prebiotic; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

AVILAMYCIN; BAMBERMYCIN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; EFROTOMYCIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; IONOPHORE; LASALOCID; MONENSIN; NARASIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SALINOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTEROIDETES; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FIRMICUTES; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; ANIMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; OBESITY; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84976274744     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: 15346269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-016-0528-7     Document Type: Review

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